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Linda Steer
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Art historian researching photography & drug use. Author of Appropriated Photographs in French Surrealist Periodicals, 1924-1939 (Routledge, 2017). Art history teaching podcast https://unboxingthecanon.podbean.com
Partner, stepmom, and cat mom. 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛ 🇨🇦🌷🌸🌻
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This week’s reading.
A photo of a yellow book cover with the words “Teaching to Transgress. Education as the practice of Freedom” in red font above “bell hooks” in black font.
September 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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This weeks reading: a fascinating little book of letters between C. Fausto Cabrera and Alec Soth about photography, poetry, incarceration, imagination, contemporary culture and politics, friendship and more.
A photograph of a green book cover with the title “The Parameters of our Cage.” The green photograph depicts a pond with lily pads framed by trees and shrubs.
July 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Happy Caturday from these two. #caturday
A photo of two cats snuggled on a couch. One is black and the other is fluffy and grey with a white patch on her chest.
May 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Today’s reading: Mickalene Thomas - All About Love. What a gorgeous book.
A photograph of a large book sitting on a black stone countertop. The book has a clear acetate dust jacket on which the name “Mickalene” is printed in large sans serif bronze-gold letters. The name is broken into three parts of three letters and spread over three lines. The words “ALL ABOUT LOVE” are cut out of the letter A. Behind the cover, an image of a collage of a beautiful, luminescent Black woman’s face covers the book. Her eyes are taken from and black and white photograph. Her hair, jacket, nose and lips sparkle with sequins.
April 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Delicious!
A photograph of a bowl full of green curry with asparagus, tofu, broccoli, and red peppers.
April 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Happy #caturday from Zoe. 🐈‍⬛
A photo of a fluffy grey cat sitting on a paper bag. She looks off to the side as if contemplating…
March 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Moving into a new era of drip coffee. Apparently this Moccamaster makes the best. At the very least, I like Dutch design. It looks pretty cool.
A photograph of a simple automatic coffee maker in off white with black trim and a glass carafe. It sure on a dark stone counter against a real-coloured wall.
March 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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This week’s reading - Mortevivum by @kjuanitabrown.bsky.social
Photograph of a book cover. The photograph depicts a shadowy figure in blue-black tones. The author’s name “Kimberly Juanita Brown” runs above the photo. Below is the title of the book: “Mortevivum:Photography and the Politics of the Visual.”
March 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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When your cats fight over a reusable bag…a photo story.
A bird’s eye view photo of two cats sitting on a red fabric bag. They face opposite directions. One is black with short hair and the other is fluffy and grey. A bird’s eye view photograph of two cats fighting on a red fabric bag. They face opposite black cat is on her side with her left paw stretched out. The grey cat has her ears back and swats the black cat on her shoulder. A photograph of black cat with a white patch on her chest. She sits triumphantly on a red fabric bag, having won the battle with her sister. There is a small knit turtle filled with catnip next to her right paw — the spoils of war.
February 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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On deck for reading. #compassion #meditation #buddhism
A photograph shows a book lying on a neutral, grey surface. The cover of the book is a photo of golden clouds, with shades of green and pink, against a blue sky. The title of the book is “Compassion and Emptiness in Early Buddhist Meditation,” and the author is Bhikkhu Anālayo.
January 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Happy #caturday!
A photo of a black cat and a grey cat spooning. The black cat looks intently at the photographer while the grey cat licks her paw.
January 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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This week’s reading. So far it’s pretty interesting. Frankie is curious, so that’s a good sign.
A photo depicting a book on a red patterned rug. A black cat sniffs it. The title of the book is “Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention and How to Think Deeply Again,” by Johann Hari.
January 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Happy #Caturday!
A photo of two cats playing with pieces of rope on a red patterned carpet. A black cat sits on a pieces of tissue paper and watches a fluffy grey cat roll around on her back while clawing a piece of green rope.
January 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Not from the new bean cookbook, but I made this tonight and it was really good. Recipe here: minimalistbaker.com/smoky-instan...
A photo of a blue and white bowl full of stew with black eyed peas, collard greens, and peppers on a black stone countertop.
January 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Happy #caturday from
Frankie.
A photo of a black and white cat lying on her back on a faux fur grey blanket with three of four paws in the air. She stares at the camera with one wild eye.
December 28, 2024 at 6:09 PM
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This week’s reading - a Christmas gift from my eldest step kid. I’m obsessed with this excellent book and am now considering buying heirloom beans from the US, which no doubt will have ridiculously expensive shipping fees.
A photograph of a book cover, “Cool Beans” by Joe Yonan, depicts sourdough toast smothered in beans and greens on a white plate sitting in a neutral surface next to a knife and fork. The book’s promises to be “The Ultimate Guide to Cooking with the World’s Most Versatile Plant-Based Protein, with 125 Recipes.
December 28, 2024 at 5:51 PM
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This week’s reading - an interesting take on the history of photography.
A photograph of a black book cover with multi-coloured text that states “Collaboration - A Potential History of Photography.”
December 17, 2024 at 8:24 PM
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Btw, this is a really great little book! It has been helpful for thinking through some issues in my research project.
A photograph of a book with an orange cover sits in a white background. The violet serif font reads “Imperfect Solidarities Aruna d’Souza.” Several page markers peek out from the side.
December 17, 2024 at 8:16 PM
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Some favourite ornaments
A photo of a pink plastic Rudolph ornament from 1970. A photo of a glass Christmas ornament depicting the head of a white cat with a Ziggy Stardust lightning bolt on its face.
December 8, 2024 at 9:15 PM
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Zoe says happy Caturday.
A photograph of a fluffy grey cat lying on a blue couch. Her paws are prominent in the foreground.
November 30, 2024 at 7:59 PM
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It’s soup weather.
November 27, 2024 at 1:18 AM
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This week’s reading: a beautiful and difficult-to-read book about survival and resilience that is part of my research on photography and drugs.
A photograph of a book cover. The cover shows a blurred photograph of a young woman with the words « An Autobiography of Miss Wish » above and « Nina Berman » below.
November 25, 2024 at 3:58 PM
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It’s a cat’s life. Sit by the fire and maybe lie on a slipper or hang out in a cardboard box when it gets too hot. #cats 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛
A photo showing a black cat and a gray cat sitting in front of a fireplace. There is a blue plaid slipper in the foreground and a cat toy and cardboard box to the right.
November 23, 2024 at 11:26 PM
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Today’s reading.
Two books sit on a black stone counter. On the left, in red and black, is “all about love” by bell hooks. On right the right, with an orange and white cover and black font, is “The Care Manifesto: The Politics of Interdependence” by the Care Collective.
November 18, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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It’s probably time for another cat photo. Zoe loves slippers!
A very floofy grey cat lies on a red patterned carpet. She looks at the camera and rests her right paw across the toe of a blue plaid (and well-worn) slipper. Her expression seems to say “mine!”.
November 10, 2024 at 4:39 PM